I am almost through the first semester of sdi and have already learned so much more than I thought I would. Love this school would definitely recommend
I graduate SDI next week! Was surely worth it in my opinion, I had a lot to gain from this schooling and it did not let me down. Good luck with everything!
so he mentions a laith and another video suggests the need for a drill press.. I'm assuming they arent supplying those .. would I be expected to purchase tools of those prices to complete the course work?
@@alexreeves13 yeah I got to build an keep an AR15, all parts from Aero Precision which is local to me. Since our governor is a demon, we've hurt the 2nd amendment here with HB1240. So from Washington we can only do 1911 final course and pump shotgun final course. No more ar10 or ar15 classes here.
According to their website, SDI offers two course levels. A certification course and an associate's degree course. For the certification you will spend $11,200 in tuition plus $1400 in non refundable fees. For the degree you will spend $21,000 plus $2800 in non refundable fees. If you are in a position that an educational benefit will cover this cost for you, that's great. If you're going to have to fork over the cash yourself (or worse, go into debt) to pay for it, you need to SERIOUSLY engage in your own research into at least three areas: 1) Will local employers value this education? 2) Will local employers value this education enough that you will be paid so much more than someone without it that you'll recover your expense in a reasonable amount of time? 3) Does a local community college offer gunsmithing classes for less money? You really have to be careful because a gunsmithing job nationally averages at about 10% below the national average wage for all jobs. Here in AZ for example, the average wage is $56,000 per year and the average gunsmithing job pays $48,000 per year. Obviously, someone with a great reputation and a steady stream of customers needing custom race gun work will make more than that, but most gunsmiths don't have that kind of clientele and they will be pulling down something very close to the average. Online outfits like SDI certainly have their place, but you should really do your research to make a smart decision as to whether it's a good fit for you.
This is why I went the route that I did. Rather than pay for SDI I found a tool and die apprenticeship. All the same skills and more but rather than paying for classes I get paid by the employer. It's fairly easy to get into a tool and die apprenticeship btw. Less than 2% of tool and die makers nationally are below the age of 55. Get in now if you're interested. Learn from the experienced guys who are on their way to retirement. If gunsmithing doesn't work out for you you'll have a solid tradeskill to fall back on that will be in demand for many decades to come. It's hard work with a ton of overtime but its worth it.
@@armorers_wrench Tool and Die was a smart choice. I have been a machinist for 25 years and those guys always have work and get paid top wages. You can specialize in firearms on your own time and still get lots of work.
I finished gunsmithing certification last February and this week is my last week for the AA degree and have already signed up for the unmanned aerial certification course in November. I was able to use the GI Bill for all of it.
I'm German i have learning the Basic Job 3 years fulltime Büchsenmacher (Gunsmith) and after this i make my craftmanship master gunsmith/ Büchsenmachermeister ❤
Europe has a totally different ( truly legitimate) path of study for this from what I have seen and heard. SDI is distance learning and in my opinion is not anywhere near as intensive. I wish I could have gone to a European gunsmithing school or apprenticeship. The US really has only two current schools that focus on this that are, as they say, brick and mortar physical campuses.
Right now I’m half way through to being done. It’s an excellent school but if you can get more hands on experience with milling machines, and drill presses, you’ll succeed further. The only issue I’m having is seeking apprenticeships or a career in the trade
Hiya, I'm currently on the fence of going to SDI, thought you were very insightful and I really appreciate your honest opinion. I've done a little on and off research into SDI for the past year or so, as I only bought my first firearm last year. Currently I've been doing home tinkering and disassembly. If you could tell what the course is like so far, and how it is structured, I would greatly appreciate it! Stay safe!
Absolutely. So basically you can do one of two options: the associates degree in gunsmithing or the Gunsmithing certificate. The only difference between the two is that the associates degree also include you taking the basic core classes like English, math and things like that. As far as the actual Gunsmithing classes go I’ve been through introduction to firearms where it basically teaches about firearms safety and what different styles and actions of firearms there are, firearms inspection and troubleshooting where it goes over how to troubleshoot the different styles and actions of firearms, basic ballistics where it teaches you a little about bullet ballistics like how wind and gravity affect it (toward the end of the course there’s also an advanced ballistics that dives deeper into it), and right now I’m taking firearm finishes and engraving where so far it teaches about the different ways that a gun can be finished, engraves and how to polish the firearm to prep it for finishing. And I’m also taking the Gunsmithing tools lab that teaches you about many of the different Gunsmithing tools and what they are used for and how to use them. For each class and for each week we normally have a discussion board, an assignment or two of some sort, and a quiz over the textbook (which none of it is difficult). The assignments are normally writing papers so far and none of them are over 500 words so far which is not hard to do for me anyways when I’m talking about guns. As far as scheduling the classes go, you’ll have an advisor helping you along the way if you decide to go as well as someone helping you with the tuition part of it however you will be paying for it. Overall I love it and as I said in the video, it gives you that basic knowledge (at least for the classes I’m in right now) and some of them dive a little deeper. But from what I’ve looked at it, as I continue the course it’ll dive deeper and deeper. I hope this help and good luck!!
@@BrotherInArms6 Thank you so much for the reply, I'll definitely keep your experience in mind and if i do follow through with enrolling I'll feel alot more at ease, knowing a bit more about the way things work and how they are! Looking forward to more videos!
I graduated back in January with my certificate in gunsmithing. I will say that the course does offer quite a bit, they send you a lot of materials needed but there are some tools and materials that you will need to purchase yourself especially when you get to the custom kydex lab where you need to build a custom Kydex press and holster/knife sheath. The courses that I will say I appreciated the most were the Machining and manufacturing of firearms as well as the Sporting goods management course that is such a huge source of information for someone who is interested in starting their own business. It also teaches you what to look for when you are appraising a firearm and how to appraise a firearm. The course work will teach you a lot about gunsmithing but I actually learned a lot from my fellow students, and I am a firm believer that you can learn something new everyday.
I'm gonna be a gunsmith of sorts one day. Well, I intend to start my own company. Rather than going to SDI I went another route with it. I got myself into a tool and die apprenticeship. It will give me tons of hands on experience with mills, lathes, welding, hand tools, polishing, stoning, cnc milling, cad software, etc. Basically every kind of metal working plus I get paid decent money and full benefits and they pay for college classes. So, it's really a great opportunity. Only problem is that the trade itself isn't specifically focused on guns but it easily translates.
Yea ur gonna need to know alot about ballistics, wear and tear, and yes gunsmiths build new guns with thoes tools but youll need to take a dedicated gun class to learn the diagnostic side of every firearm action out there. Still, i think you made a great choice and you should be good.
I think given your scenario, you can't move, you don't end up paying for it, I think it's worth it. But what you are doing right, is apprenticing and reading. A good tradesman never stops learning. Me personally, I own a shop and have been doing this for 25 years. I did sign up for an online gunsmithing class once, but the education they offered was pretty bad. I already had been to college twice, once for machining and the machining is what makes me able to pay my bills. Frankly I would recommend going to a local trade school/community college and studying machining, welding, business, legal, woodworking, mechanical engineering. Any of those courses, or a concentration in one, will better prepare you for a job/career as a gunsmith than a strictly online gunsmithing school.
How is it? I am gonna finish up my associates in welding tech fall of this year and I am trying to decide if I want to go ahead and do an associates at SDI as well.
My son is doing it and the accreditation means his college fund covers it . He has a decent loss prevention job to help him work his way through. College credits are college credits and he will improve himself for further learning. There was no school for my trade. It simply took a couple decades to emass my knowledge base. This is more efficient.
Unless your learning lathe and milling machining and metallurgy your way behind the curve. Hands on is the only real way to learn because real world experiance is crucial.
I completely agree which is why in the video that I stated that it is best to supplement this with volunteering/shadowing with a competent local gunsmith to learn those kinds of things with hands on experience
The best thing if you can is to go work for a licensed gun shop that not only sells firearms but does onsite repairs. You'll be getting paid to learn from A-Z such as how to not only trouble shoot firearms, repair them but to most importantly deal with customers
So you being in the military, are you active duty? I ask because i work full time and i am considering attending sdi classes. They recommend me do part time. So my question would be should i do full time or part time if i already work a full time job?
tl;dw its worth it according to this guy. my question is: what do they offer that you cant find anywhere online for free or by asking a local gunshop? wouldnt it be more valuable to learn machining in general and then apply that to guns?
Some assignments do take a little longer than others. How fast can you crank-out 250 or 500 words? Before SDI, I got a BA in Military History while in Afghanistan, so writing assignments of that size are very easy for me. Some weeks, it may take three hours to do two DB posts, four replies, two writing assignments, & two quizzes. Other weeks, three hours to do a big project, such as mounting a scope or hydrodripping stuff. Some assignments are really easy, but the difficult things for me are when we have to regurgitate one tiny paragraph, because the question or DB prompt is so narrow. When I started, I put a lot more effort into it than was required. I don't think most things are read graded that thoroughly, so I have pulled back on the effort. I finish in OCT. It has been fun, but there are some things that REALLY bug me. One of the first two classes, Introduction to Firearms Technology does pretty much ignore the first 500yrs, or so, of firearms technology... Seems a pretty big oversight in an "Introduction" class; it's like starting US history with the Civil War. Weirdly, there was more gun history given in the Sights & Optics class than the intro. I have learned a lot... but have also found myself yelling at the textbooks, because they have a lot of blanket statements that are just flat wrong, and I'm an amateur, so the expert writing the book should know the material better than me. There is a lot of focus on high-level gunsmithing, such as machining work above anything that a small shop would do, or even be able to afford to do. There is an entire class on Kydex work, which, like hydrodipping, is something that I will never do again, and are complete wastes of time. Sorry, I gave more than an answer to your question. Overall, it is worth using the GI Bill, but I don't think I would be very encouraged by the program if I was paying out-of-pocket for it.
So I’m very interested in the associates program they offer. I am going into law enforcement. I’m not looking to be a machinist. I basically want to learn more about firearms and the science behind it and want to finally use my gi bill on something that is useful to me and the field I’m going into. So I guess what I’m asking is, would that program be beneficial to someone who just wants to learn and have a paper saying associates degree?
Are you going to be doing anything else with it besides just learning how they work? Such as wanting to mount your own rifle scopes, hydro dipping, reloading, etc.?
You might be better served learning manual and CNC machining if that’s what you wanna learn. I’d suggest an Associate’s in machining with some courses in SolidWorks and Fluid Dynamics.
@@ab5olut3zero95 I can do manual machining. Had to learn manual machinging out of necessity. Its kinda hard to fix things at my northern cabin. There's no mechanics or repair shops. I can get as accurate as 2 ten thousandths of an inch. For me the design part just stumps me. I know firearms are mathematical in nature such as barlows law for caculating barrel thickness for the chamber. From there it just gets tangled in my head. That and there are so many experimental and prototypes. Documentation of a technical nature is next to impossible to get for learning from.
Unless someone here works for the school, we can not answer that question. But it is very simple to get the answer. It's called "calling or emailing the school"
honestly I didn't like the school. the basics for 20k is not worth it. I could have learned everything i know now on my own. i got into guns this past december so im very new to the gun industry. i joined SDI because i want a new career. but i had no idea i would be robbed. literally. did you graduate yet. im almost done with one year. i have one more yr to go and i really hope it gets better.
I haven’t graduated yet. I will say you can get a lot better for 20k. I’m using milTA for mine so it’s nothing out of pocket for the most part. I do feel like for the money they could go a lot more in depth on what they are actually teaching you instead of just having you read about it. If you are paying for it out of pocket, I would say to take some time to look into American Gunsmithing Institute
@@cynic1864able Did your GI bill cover everything? do you need to buy any specialty tools ?? I don't own anything more special then drills and sanders at the moment.
I am almost through the first semester of sdi and have already learned so much more than I thought I would. Love this school would definitely recommend
Do you know if they help you find a job after graduation?
How much does it cost
Same here I graduate June 11
How’d you pay for it
@@brotherhoodofsteel7311 they talking 11 to 16k good luck
I graduate SDI next week! Was surely worth it in my opinion, I had a lot to gain from this schooling and it did not let me down. Good luck with everything!
so he mentions a laith and another video suggests the need for a drill press.. I'm assuming they arent supplying those .. would I be expected to purchase tools of those prices to complete the course work?
Did you get to build a gun, and if so was it something you were also able to keep?
@@alexreeves13 yeah I got to build an keep an AR15, all parts from Aero Precision which is local to me. Since our governor is a demon, we've hurt the 2nd amendment here with HB1240. So from Washington we can only do 1911 final course and pump shotgun final course. No more ar10 or ar15 classes here.
How long does it take to graduate?
@@stevencarmichael1985 Program was roughly 9 or 10 months long
According to their website, SDI offers two course levels. A certification course and an associate's degree course.
For the certification you will spend $11,200 in tuition plus $1400 in non refundable fees. For the degree you will spend $21,000 plus $2800 in non refundable fees.
If you are in a position that an educational benefit will cover this cost for you, that's great. If you're going to have to fork over the cash yourself (or worse, go into debt) to pay for it, you need to SERIOUSLY engage in your own research into at least three areas:
1) Will local employers value this education?
2) Will local employers value this education enough that you will be paid so much more than someone without it that you'll recover your expense in a reasonable amount of time?
3) Does a local community college offer gunsmithing classes for less money?
You really have to be careful because a gunsmithing job nationally averages at about 10% below the national average wage for all jobs. Here in AZ for example, the average wage is $56,000 per year and the average gunsmithing job pays $48,000 per year. Obviously, someone with a great reputation and a steady stream of customers needing custom race gun work will make more than that, but most gunsmiths don't have that kind of clientele and they will be pulling down something very close to the average.
Online outfits like SDI certainly have their place, but you should really do your research to make a smart decision as to whether it's a good fit for you.
This is exactly right!
This is why I went the route that I did. Rather than pay for SDI I found a tool and die apprenticeship. All the same skills and more but rather than paying for classes I get paid by the employer.
It's fairly easy to get into a tool and die apprenticeship btw. Less than 2% of tool and die makers nationally are below the age of 55. Get in now if you're interested. Learn from the experienced guys who are on their way to retirement. If gunsmithing doesn't work out for you you'll have a solid tradeskill to fall back on that will be in demand for many decades to come. It's hard work with a ton of overtime but its worth it.
@@armorers_wrench that is an awesome route to go!
@@armorers_wrench Tool and Die was a smart choice. I have been a machinist for 25 years and those guys always have work and get paid top wages. You can specialize in firearms on your own time and still get lots of work.
I finished gunsmithing certification last February and this week is my last week for the AA degree and have already signed up for the unmanned aerial certification course in November. I was able to use the GI Bill for all of it.
Awesome
yooooo bro this sounds like exactly what i wanna do, have they helped in your journey on becoming a gunsmith? if that is what your pursuing ofc.
I'm German i have learning the Basic Job 3 years fulltime Büchsenmacher (Gunsmith) and after this i make my craftmanship master gunsmith/ Büchsenmachermeister ❤
Europe has a totally different ( truly legitimate) path of study for this from what I have seen and heard. SDI is distance learning and in my opinion is not anywhere near as intensive. I wish I could have gone to a European gunsmithing school or apprenticeship. The US really has only two current schools that focus on this that are, as they say, brick and mortar physical campuses.
Right now I’m half way through to being done. It’s an excellent school but if you can get more hands on experience with milling machines, and drill presses, you’ll succeed further.
The only issue I’m having is seeking apprenticeships or a career in the trade
That's the only thing that's giving me pause to taking these courses. I don't want to take on that debt if I can't find a good job in the field
@@bdbeats7209same on the fence about it.
Hiya, I'm currently on the fence of going to SDI, thought you were very insightful and I really appreciate your honest opinion. I've done a little on and off research into SDI for the past year or so, as I only bought my first firearm last year. Currently I've been doing home tinkering and disassembly. If you could tell what the course is like so far, and how it is structured, I would greatly appreciate it! Stay safe!
Absolutely. So basically you can do one of two options: the associates degree in gunsmithing or the Gunsmithing certificate. The only difference between the two is that the associates degree also include you taking the basic core classes like English, math and things like that.
As far as the actual Gunsmithing classes go I’ve been through introduction to firearms where it basically teaches about firearms safety and what different styles and actions of firearms there are, firearms inspection and troubleshooting where it goes over how to troubleshoot the different styles and actions of firearms, basic ballistics where it teaches you a little about bullet ballistics like how wind and gravity affect it (toward the end of the course there’s also an advanced ballistics that dives deeper into it), and right now I’m taking firearm finishes and engraving where so far it teaches about the different ways that a gun can be finished, engraves and how to polish the firearm to prep it for finishing. And I’m also taking the Gunsmithing tools lab that teaches you about many of the different Gunsmithing tools and what they are used for and how to use them.
For each class and for each week we normally have a discussion board, an assignment or two of some sort, and a quiz over the textbook (which none of it is difficult). The assignments are normally writing papers so far and none of them are over 500 words so far which is not hard to do for me anyways when I’m talking about guns.
As far as scheduling the classes go, you’ll have an advisor helping you along the way if you decide to go as well as someone helping you with the tuition part of it however you will be paying for it.
Overall I love it and as I said in the video, it gives you that basic knowledge (at least for the classes I’m in right now) and some of them dive a little deeper. But from what I’ve looked at it, as I continue the course it’ll dive deeper and deeper.
I hope this help and good luck!!
@@BrotherInArms6 Thank you so much for the reply, I'll definitely keep your experience in mind and if i do follow through with enrolling I'll feel alot more at ease, knowing a bit more about the way things work and how they are! Looking forward to more videos!
I graduated back in January with my certificate in gunsmithing. I will say that the course does offer quite a bit, they send you a lot of materials needed but there are some tools and materials that you will need to purchase yourself especially when you get to the custom kydex lab where you need to build a custom Kydex press and holster/knife sheath. The courses that I will say I appreciated the most were the Machining and manufacturing of firearms as well as the Sporting goods management course that is such a huge source of information for someone who is interested in starting their own business. It also teaches you what to look for when you are appraising a firearm and how to appraise a firearm. The course work will teach you a lot about gunsmithing but I actually learned a lot from my fellow students, and I am a firm believer that you can learn something new everyday.
Thank you for your service sir!
Much appreciated!
I'm gonna be a gunsmith of sorts one day. Well, I intend to start my own company. Rather than going to SDI I went another route with it. I got myself into a tool and die apprenticeship. It will give me tons of hands on experience with mills, lathes, welding, hand tools, polishing, stoning, cnc milling, cad software, etc. Basically every kind of metal working plus I get paid decent money and full benefits and they pay for college classes. So, it's really a great opportunity. Only problem is that the trade itself isn't specifically focused on guns but it easily translates.
Yea ur gonna need to know alot about ballistics, wear and tear, and yes gunsmiths build new guns with thoes tools but youll need to take a dedicated gun class to learn the diagnostic side of every firearm action out there. Still, i think you made a great choice and you should be good.
If you’re in the military look at changing your MOS to 91F (Army) small arms and artillery repair
Currently 😮💨 no luck so far
Yeah I wish it was that easy.
I think given your scenario, you can't move, you don't end up paying for it, I think it's worth it. But what you are doing right, is apprenticing and reading. A good tradesman never stops learning. Me personally, I own a shop and have been doing this for 25 years. I did sign up for an online gunsmithing class once, but the education they offered was pretty bad. I already had been to college twice, once for machining and the machining is what makes me able to pay my bills. Frankly I would recommend going to a local trade school/community college and studying machining, welding, business, legal, woodworking, mechanical engineering. Any of those courses, or a concentration in one, will better prepare you for a job/career as a gunsmith than a strictly online gunsmithing school.
I'm currently a student at sdi and I really like it I already went through my first 8 weeks I'm in the 32 credit certificate in gun smiting
How is it? I am gonna finish up my associates in welding tech fall of this year and I am trying to decide if I want to go ahead and do an associates at SDI as well.
Good luck buddy, I wish you the best of success
My son is doing it and the accreditation means his college fund covers it . He has a decent loss prevention job to help him work his way through. College credits are college credits and he will improve himself for further learning. There was no school for my trade. It simply took a couple decades to emass my knowledge base. This is more efficient.
Unless your learning lathe and milling machining and metallurgy your way behind the curve. Hands on is the only real way to learn because real world experiance is crucial.
I completely agree which is why in the video that I stated that it is best to supplement this with volunteering/shadowing with a competent local gunsmith to learn those kinds of things with hands on experience
Sometimes people just don’t have the ability to go to a brick and mortar school due to geographical location, military service, etc.
The best thing if you can is to go work for a licensed gun shop that not only sells firearms but does onsite repairs. You'll be getting paid to learn from A-Z such as how to not only trouble shoot firearms, repair them but to most importantly deal with customers
Thanks bro I was wondering if it was worth it i was on the fence, but I think I am also going to use my TA to attend.
So you being in the military, are you active duty? I ask because i work full time and i am considering attending sdi classes. They recommend me do part time. So my question would be should i do full time or part time if i already work a full time job?
I am active duty. And I would recommend doing part time classes if you have a full time job already
Hope it is going well for you. Thanks for posting the video. Good luck and thank you for your service.
Thank you!
tl;dw its worth it according to this guy.
my question is: what do they offer that you cant find anywhere online for free or by asking a local gunshop?
wouldnt it be more valuable to learn machining in general and then apply that to guns?
Can the courses completed in the certificate course go towards the associates degree if you choose to take that later on?
Yes I believe they can. I asked the same question when I started
Off topic. Love the lego cup
Thank you. I do too. It’s one of my favorite coffee cups
Just started looking into SDI and I was wondering, do you need to own certain firearms for the lab work?
Not normally from my experience. Any firearm should work
For most of the projects, you will need your own firearm. But it does not need to be a certain type. I just completed the school
On average, approximately how many hours per week do you spend in class, studying and doing your class projects?
For me personally I love guns and love learning about them so I soak it up very quickly, but I’d say on an average week, no more than about 5 hours
Some assignments do take a little longer than others. How fast can you crank-out 250 or 500 words? Before SDI, I got a BA in Military History while in Afghanistan, so writing assignments of that size are very easy for me. Some weeks, it may take three hours to do two DB posts, four replies, two writing assignments, & two quizzes. Other weeks, three hours to do a big project, such as mounting a scope or hydrodripping stuff. Some assignments are really easy, but the difficult things for me are when we have to regurgitate one tiny paragraph, because the question or DB prompt is so narrow. When I started, I put a lot more effort into it than was required. I don't think most things are read graded that thoroughly, so I have pulled back on the effort. I finish in OCT. It has been fun, but there are some things that REALLY bug me. One of the first two classes, Introduction to Firearms Technology does pretty much ignore the first 500yrs, or so, of firearms technology... Seems a pretty big oversight in an "Introduction" class; it's like starting US history with the Civil War. Weirdly, there was more gun history given in the Sights & Optics class than the intro. I have learned a lot... but have also found myself yelling at the textbooks, because they have a lot of blanket statements that are just flat wrong, and I'm an amateur, so the expert writing the book should know the material better than me. There is a lot of focus on high-level gunsmithing, such as machining work above anything that a small shop would do, or even be able to afford to do. There is an entire class on Kydex work, which, like hydrodipping, is something that I will never do again, and are complete wastes of time. Sorry, I gave more than an answer to your question. Overall, it is worth using the GI Bill, but I don't think I would be very encouraged by the program if I was paying out-of-pocket for it.
@@BrotherInArms6 can foreigners enroll SDI? I'm not an American citizens
@@cynic1864able do they give BAH for this?
@@Gekkkono USA citizens only.
So I’m very interested in the associates program they offer. I am going into law enforcement. I’m not looking to be a machinist. I basically want to learn more about firearms and the science behind it and want to finally use my gi bill on something that is useful to me and the field I’m going into. So I guess what I’m asking is, would that program be beneficial to someone who just wants to learn and have a paper saying associates degree?
Are you going to be doing anything else with it besides just learning how they work? Such as wanting to mount your own rifle scopes, hydro dipping, reloading, etc.?
You shadowing at the Attic or Spartan Firearms?
Spartan
Hello. I'm from Europe. I've heard about online courses and how they learn, but is it available to me? It can help me in my career in the future.
I am not sure about that. I would say the best thing to do is to contact SDI and ask them about it to be sure.
You have to have access to a firearm
Sadly I wanna go through more then gunsmithing. I wanna get into design but no one really teaches it.
Yeah I feel like that’s something you’d probably have to go to a design school for thaf
You might be better served learning manual and CNC machining if that’s what you wanna learn. I’d suggest an Associate’s in machining with some courses in SolidWorks and Fluid Dynamics.
@@BrotherInArms6 didnt get the notice. Yeah I dont think there's a school specifically for it.
@@ab5olut3zero95 I can do manual machining. Had to learn manual machinging out of necessity. Its kinda hard to fix things at my northern cabin. There's no mechanics or repair shops. I can get as accurate as 2 ten thousandths of an inch.
For me the design part just stumps me. I know firearms are mathematical in nature such as barlows law for caculating barrel thickness for the chamber. From there it just gets tangled in my head. That and there are so many experimental and prototypes. Documentation of a technical nature is next to impossible to get for learning from.
Can you use the GI Bill for SDI?
Yes you can
@@BrotherInArms6 Bet, Good lookin out!
Sir, are you gunsmithing now?
Hey can foreigners also enroll in SDI? I'm not an American citizens
I am not sure about that. I believe your best best would be to call the registrars office at SDI and ask them about that.
Unless someone here works for the school, we can not answer that question. But it is very simple to get the answer. It's called "calling or emailing the school"
what gunsmith trade school are in colorado
Let me do some research and I’ll get back to you
Had no idea you had a youtube channel Barber!
Yeah I started it about a year ago!
honestly I didn't like the school. the basics for 20k is not worth it. I could have learned everything i know now on my own. i got into guns this past december so im very new to the gun industry. i joined SDI because i want a new career. but i had no idea i would be robbed. literally. did you graduate yet. im almost done with one year. i have one more yr to go and i really hope it gets better.
I haven’t graduated yet. I will say you can get a lot better for 20k. I’m using milTA for mine so it’s nothing out of pocket for the most part. I do feel like for the money they could go a lot more in depth on what they are actually teaching you instead of just having you read about it. If you are paying for it out of pocket, I would say to take some time to look into American Gunsmithing Institute
What is the cost? for the gunsmithing certificate and the full program if anyone has that info.
I think my paperwork says the whole program is around $22k. I'm using the GI Bill, so I haven't paid too much attention to that.
23,500 dollars after all spending and things purchased for assistance in the learning process and assignment projects
@@cynic1864able Did your GI bill cover everything? do you need to buy any specialty tools ?? I don't own anything more special then drills and sanders at the moment.
@@bryanseyffert9191 just enrolled using my GI bill. Covered everything.
I am currently using MilTA and it covers everything, plus you can still apply for funding such as grants.
Yelp reviews aren't positive for SDI.
About $300 per semester that TA won't cover.
On all these videos the only thing I don’t see is anyone saying they got an actual jobby job from this 😂.
I thought he was talking about the band 😭
People please don't waste your money with sdi
Then if that is your answer enlighten me as to why and what you would refer as a better alternative?
Waiting for an alternative too
It’s been a month and you haven’t given these gentlemen a credible answer as to why or where they should go instead. You should delete your comment.
I'm waiting as well.
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